Meditation Wednesday in Advent 1.... Feast of St. Andrew

Wednesday in 1 Advent/Feast of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr

Look upon him and be radiant,
and let not your faces be ashamed.... psalm 34:5, Morning prayer

As I sit and read morning prayer, I am struck by two things today... first, that our lives are meant to be lived as praise to God... think about that for a minute. If I believed that my life was in itself a living prayer of praise and thanksgiving to Jesus, to the God of love, what might I change about my life? Which brings me to my second thought for today from today's psalm... I should not be ashamed to face my loving creator... I am created in the image of Love, of Goodness... society has given me all sorts of images that don't align with who I truly am; when I buy into those images, I become ashamed, full of self doubt and at the extreme, self loathing. Today there is no shame; not that there aren't things that need some tuning up, but I am created in the image of Love... so are you... today may we all live as prayers of praise and thanksgiving to Jesus.